Means for identifying motor or other vehicles in case of accident.



O. A. WEISSENBORN.

MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING MOTOR OR OTHER VEHICLES IN CASE OF ACCIDENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR.18, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 27,1912.

Application filed March 18, 1912. Serial No. $84,486.

i or even killing a person, and then escaping before the parties responsible for such deed can be apprehended, and the inventionconsists broadly in mounting a plurality of identification checks ona breakable support between suitable brackets in front of the motor vehicle, whereby the breaking of the support will releasea plurality of the identification cheeks. 1 Another feature of my invention consist in means for positively releasing said identification checks when the support is broken; still another feature consists in providing means for severing the support upon contact with any object such as a human being.

The invention also consists of other special features of construction hereinafter claimed specifically.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l,

is a front elevation of parts of a motor vehicle to which my improved device is attached; Fig. 2, a plan upon an enlarged scale of a tender constructed according to my invention; Fig. 3, is a sectional elevation of the tender, the central portion being broken away; Fig. 4, is a modification of a breakable support. y I have demonstrated by actual experiment that a wire of suitable thickness is best adapted for use as a support for mounting the identification checks u on, although I do not wish to confine mysel thereto.

As shown in the drawings A, A, are brackets or supports attached to any stationary part of the motor vehicle by means of clamps a, a. A wire or other suitable support B, is attached to the brackets A, A. As shown in the drawings by way of illustration this support 13 is held in place on the brackets A, A by set screws a Upon the support B are mounted a plurality of identification checks, consisting in the present case of metal disks m, upon which maybe stamped or otherwise placed the number of the motor vehicle.

To insure the release of the identification checks, upon the breakingoi the support B, I provide springs s. which are placed at suitable intervals between the identification checks, and which tend constantly to thrust the disks m, apart.

By reference to Fig. 3, of the drawings it w1ll be seen that I provide a cutting edge a", in the brackets A, A, to insure the positive breaking of the support B, when the latter comesin contact with any object, although this is not absdlutely essential as the support will break u'nder ordinary conditions. It will thus be seen that my device provides a fender which isneat in appearance and cheap of construction,

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, y

1. In a device for divulging the identity of a motor vehicle, a supporting bracket suitably secured to the front of "a; motor vehicle, a tender comprising a plurality of identification checks horizontally mounted on said brackets asand for the purpose described.

2. In a device for divulging the identity of a motor vehicle, a fender comprising a bracket suitably secured on the front of a motor vehicle, a breakable support carried by said bracket, and a plurality of identification checks on said support, substantially as and for the purpose described.

I 3. In a. device for divulging the identity of a vehicle, a bracket suitably secured on the front of a vehicle, a breakable identification support carried by'said bracket, a plurality of identification checks on said support, and 'means for positively releasing said identification checks on the breaking of said check support, as and for the purpose described. OSCAR A. WEISSENBORN.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, G. S. GARDNER. 

